Identifying the son as Nikesh Gupta (29), the police said that the spice trader was shot dead while he was on a morning walk in Priyadarshani Vihar.

The incident had come to light on January 11, 2008, when Nikesh, a resident of CC Colony in Model Town, filed a complaint with the local police stating that his father had not returned from his morning walk. Soon after, the neighbourhood milkman reportedly saw Gupta lying on a road near Highway No 91, in the vicinity of the Priyadarshini Vihar Market."